Brownstone Stoops

We did a lot of walking in NYC.  Walking around the west side neighborhoods, if you are really looking, one can't help but notice the beauty of the stoops of those big tall brownstones.  The steps are smooth and the way they play with the light - divine; the dark light patterns become so much more than steps.  Here are just a few that we passed. I thought how nice it was to walk and look at the variety in not only design, but also in the unique ways owners dressed them up- pots of flowers, statues, small trees.  All of it, fun to look at as art.